Buckle



G. R. HARRIS.

(No Model.)

BUCKLE.

Patented MaylQ AN UREW BGRAHAM. PHOTO-UYHONJA5NI NGTON .D (I) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES R. HARRIS, OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,498, dated May 19, 1896.

Application filed March 5, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLEs R. HARRIS, a resident of Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in buckles, and more particularly to suspenderbuckles, the object of the invention being to construct a buckle, including the web-clamp and bar or buckle-front, of only two pieces of metal.

A further object is to produce a suspenderbuckle which shall be simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and effectual in all respects in the performance of its functions.

The invention consists in a buckle com prising a web-clamp and a bar or bucklefront pivotally connected thereto, said webclamp being constructed to engage the web passing between it and the pivoted bar or buckle-front.

The invention further consists in a buckle comprising a web-clamp and a bar or bucklefront hinged thereto, said web-clamp having teeth or projections to engage the web passing between it and the hinged bar or bucklefront; and the invention further consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional View. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show modifications.

A represents a portion of the web of a pair of suspenders, and B the web-clamp. The clamp B may be conveniently made of sheet metal bent upon itself to receive the end of the web A, one of the free edges a being preferably provided with teeth I) to engage the web, and the clamp is provided at its ends with ears 0, which are bent over the toothed member of said clamp. The clamp B is also provided with teeth or projections (Z, which Serial No. 581,979. (No model.)

may be formed by cutting the material of which the clamp is composed and bent out, as shown in the drawings. The clamp B is so attached to the web as to leave a small space between the end of the web and the outer edge of the clamp. Through this space the central bar 1 of the buckle-front or lever 0 passes.

The buckle-front or lever C may be a rectangular open frame with the central bar 1 disposed in a different plane from the parallel bars of said frame. Thus it will be seen that the buckle-front, bar, or lever C is pivotally connected directly with the web-clamp B, and the entire device comprises only two pieces of metal. WVhen the buckle-front or lever C is disposed at right angles to the webclamp, the free end of the strap or web can be passed freely through said buckle-front and over the outer edge of the web-clamp. By

now turning the buckle-front or lever C so that it will lie parallel or practically parallel with the web-clamp the teeth or projections on the latter will engage or become embedded in the web and prevent the latter from slipping.

Instead of providing the web-clamp with pointed teeth, a straight bar may be bent up from the web-clamp and made to engage the web, Fig. 5, or several of straight projections may be bent up from the clamp B, as shown at cl, Fig. 6.

Instead of employing a buckle-front or lever such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 may be used. In this form of the invention the buckle front or lever comprises a flat bar 6, provided at its ends with ears f, and from the free ends of said ears pintles 9 project within the ends of the web-clamp, said pintles serving to pivotally connect the buckle-front to the web-clamp.

Other slight changes might be made in the details of construction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A buckle comprising a Web-clamp and a lever or bucklefront pivotally connected thereto, said web-ela1np being constructed to engage the web passing between it and the pivoted lever or buckle-front, substantially as set forth.

2. A buckle comprising a web-clamp and a lever or buckle-front hinged thereto, said web-clamp having a projection to engage the web passing between it and the hinged lover or buckle-front, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a web-clamp having a projection, of a buckle-front pivotally connected directly to said web-clamp, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with a web-clamp having a tooth or projection bent up from the same, of a buckle-front pivotally connected R. O. MoNTELIUs, JOHN E. KEIGHTLEY. 

